Michael Ealy & David M. Rosenthal Will Climb ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ Reboot

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Ealy will climb Jacob’s Ladder along with director David M. Rosenthal, who helmed the star in The Perfect Guy. The film is LD Entertainment’s re-imagining of the 1990 supernatural thriller. Scripted by Jeff Buhler and Sarah Thorp, this a modern-day paranoid action thriller about two brothers.

Mickey Liddell, Pete Shilaimon and Jennifer Monroe at LD Entertainment will produce alongside Alison Rosenzweig and Michael Gaeta of Gaeta/Rosenzweig Films (Fright Night). Will Packer, who teamed with Ealy on Think Like A Man, will produce via his Will Packer Productions banner, and WPP’s James F. Lopez will be executive producer. The project was originally sold as a pitch by Jake Wade Wall (The Hitcher, When A Stranger Calls). Principal photography is set to begin in mid May.